The 2017 Aurora Award ballot for English language has been announced. Members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association can vote between July 15 and midnight September 2. The awards will be presented at Canvention 37 in Halifax the weekend of September 22-24. This year, a special category for best work published between January 2001 and December 2010 has been added.

Best Novel

Children of Earth and Sky, by Guy Gavriel Kay

Company Town, by Madeline Ashby

The Courier, by Gerald Brandt

The Nature of a Pirate, by A.M. Dellamonica

Quantum Night, by Robert J. Sawyer

Stars like Cold Fire, by Brent Nichols

Best Young Adult Novel

Day of the Demon, by Randy McCharles

Door into Faerie, by Edward Willett

Heir to the Sky, by Amanda Sun

Icarus Down, by James Bow

Mik Murdoch: Crisis of Conscience, by Michell Plested

The Wizard Killer – Season One, by Adam Dreece

Best Short Fiction

“Age of Miracles,” by Robert Runté

“Frog Song,” by Erika Holt

“Living in Oz,” by Bev Geddes

“Marion’s War,” by Hayden Trenholm

“Seasons of Glass and Iron,” by Amal el-Mohtar

“When Phakack Came to Steal Papa” A Ti-Jean Story,” by Ace Jordyn

Best Poem/Song

No award will be given out in this category in 2017 due to insufficient eligible nominees

The 2016 Aurora Award ballot for English language has been announced. Members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association can vote between June 15 and midnight July 23. The awards will be presented at Canvention 36 in Calgary the weekend of August 12-14.

Best English Novel

Cursed: Black Swan, by Ryan T. McFadden

A Daughter of No Nation, by A.M. Dellamonica

Drowning in Amber, by E.C. Bell

Much Ado about Macbeth, by Randy McCharles

Signal to Noise, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Too Far Gone, by Chadwick Ginther

Best English Young Adult Novel

The Flame in the Maze, by Caitlin Sweet

The Fountain, by Suzy Vadori

An Inheritance of Ashes, by Leah Bobet

Mabel the Mafioso Dwarf, by Sherry Peters

Maddie Hatter and the Deadly Diamond, by Jayne Barnard

Best English Short Fiction

“Cosmobotica,” by Costi Gurgu & Tony Pi

“Game Not Over,” by Ron Friedman

“La Héron,” by Charlotte Ashley

“Looking for Gordo,” by Robert J. Sawyer

“Super Frenemies,” by Stephen Kotowych

“Waters of Versailles,” by Kelly Robson

Best English Poem/Song

“Elegy for WLC,” by David Clink

“Origami Crane / Light Defying Spaceship,” by Naru Dames Sundar

“Portrait,” by David Clink

“Typhon & Echidna: A Love Story,” by Sandra Kasturi

“Venice Letting Go,” by Sandra Kasturi

Best English Graphic Novel

Bloodsuckers, written by J.M. Frey, illustrated by Ryan Cole, edited by Steven Andrews

Crash and Burn: Prologue, by Kate Larking & Finn Lucullan

Infinitum, by GMB Chomichuk

The Lady ParaNorma, by Vincent Marcone

West of Bathurst: The Complete Collection, by Kari Maaren

Best English Related Work

Licence Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond, edited by Madeline Ashby and David Nickle

The 2015 Aurora Award ballot for English language has been announced. Mmbers of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association can vote between June 1 and midnight October 17. The awards will be presented at Canvention 35 in Toronto the weekend of November 20-22.

Best Novel – English

Echopraxia, by Peter Watts

The Future Falls, by Tanya Huff

My Real Children, by Jo Walton

The Peripheral, by William Gibson,

A Play of Shadow, by Julie E. Czerneda

Best Young Adult Novel – English

Lockstep, by Karl Schroeder

Mabel the Lovelorn Dwarf, by Sherry Peters

Out of This World, by Charles de Lint

Rain, by Amanda Sun

Sea of Shadows, by Kelley Armstrong

Twist of the Blade, by Edward Willett

The Voices in Between, by Charlene Challenger

Best Short Fiction – English

“Crimson Sky,” by Eric Choi

“Jelly and the D-Machine,” by Suzanne Church

“Mecha-Jesus,” by Derwin Mak

“No Sweeter Art,” by Tony Pi

“Soul-Hungry,” by Suzanne Church

Best Poem/Song – English

“A Hex, With Bees,” by Tony Pi

“Aversions,” by Helen Marshall

“The Machine,” by David Clink

“The New Ways,” by Amal el-Mohtar

“The Perfect Library,” by David Clink

Best Graphic Novel – English

Cassie & Tonk, by Justin Currie and GMB Chomichuk

It Never Rains, by Kari Maaren

Raygun Gothic Vol. 2, by GMB Chomichuk

Treadwell, by Dominic Bercier

Trillium, by Jeff Lemire

Best Related Work – English

Elements: A Collection of Speculative Fiction, by Suzanne Church

Gifts for the One Who Comes After, by Helen Marshall

Lackington’s Speculative Prose, edited by Ranylt Richildis

On Spec, published by the Copper Pig Writers’ Society

Strange Bedfellows, edited by Hayden Trenholm, Bundoran Press

Best Artist

James Beveridge, cover for Tantamount and Out Dweller

Erik Mohr, cover for The Door in the Mountain and ChiZine Publications

The first inductees into the Canadian SF Hall of Fame have been announced. They include the six winners of the Aurora Award Lifetime Achievement Award as well as three additional names selected by a jury. Their induction will occur at the Aurora Awards Ceremony at VCON 39 on October 4.

The 2014 Aurora Award ballot for French language has been announced. Members of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association can vote between May 3 and midnight September 6. The awards will be presented in Quebec the on May 5.